Saturday, September 13, 2008

Robert is pissed off!

And rightfully so! Read his letter to the Mighty U at the official site. Robert rocks!
Posted by Craig at 2:54 PM

201 comments:

  1. AndrewV127September 13, 2008 at 2:57 PM

    Like I said in the other Topic. Robert needs to get as far away from the Shitey U as possible.

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  2. Clockwise CatSeptember 13, 2008 at 2:59 PM

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  3. andythecurefanSeptember 13, 2008 at 2:59 PM

    over 30 years in the music business. robert needs to create his own label, under a bigger/better label than Universal and then sign his own acts. then he can end The Cure and be a record producer just like Jay-Z. :p

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  4. sofiaSeptember 13, 2008 at 3:03 PM

    yes, andy, even better. robert, begin your own record label so you needn't deal with this nonsense!
    how about Night Nurse? ;D

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  5. V I K KSeptember 13, 2008 at 3:04 PM

    the official site is down mmm

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  6. andythecurefanSeptember 13, 2008 at 3:05 PM

    vikk - is not.

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  7. BloodflowerSeptember 13, 2008 at 3:07 PM

    I love Robert's righteous rage.

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  8. AndrewV127September 13, 2008 at 3:07 PM

    I can still get on there fine Vikk :S.

    I don't know if Robert needs to get his own Label but he really needs to change thats a given.

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  9. V I K KSeptember 13, 2008 at 3:08 PM

    http://www.thecure.com/default.asp cannot be displayed

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  10. V I K KSeptember 13, 2008 at 3:10 PM

    can anybody copy and paste what RS wrote?

    by the way I couldn't find anywhere a copy of the EP in Dublin, dammit!

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  11. BillOdditySeptember 13, 2008 at 3:14 PM

    I can´t view the site either. Server too busy. I guess all universal employers are reading it and are now planning the next step in annoying us all. I´m not buying another universal recording after Dream 4:13. :)

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  12. AndrewV127September 13, 2008 at 3:19 PM

    I can still get on the offical website. No problem here. Although I expect it will go down in a few hours and Roberts Post to be... erm.... altered

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  13. BillOdditySeptember 13, 2008 at 3:23 PM

    Thanks Craig, you´re the best! And Roberts post kicks universals ass all the way to the moon :)

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  14. His HolinessSeptember 13, 2008 at 3:24 PM

    and obviously Universal is keeping their share of the money, as Bob implies. bet he wishes he stuck with Elektra right about now.

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  15. UnknownSeptember 13, 2008 at 3:34 PM

    this might be old news but "please come home" is online...you have to et the links yourself as per craigs wishes,but doesn't take a genius to find it

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  16. V I K KSeptember 13, 2008 at 3:39 PM

    Robert kick ass!

    that's clear Universal is keeping their shares!

    "I FUCKING DESPAIR
    AGAIN"

    Bob is upsaet with the Universal nonsense (e.g. all the singles poorly availebel in the shops and so on..)

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  17. AndrewV127September 13, 2008 at 3:44 PM

    It's unclear if the "please come home" thats online is from the 2004 recordings or the new ones.

    Either way it's a fucking ace song.

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  18. luca1977September 13, 2008 at 3:57 PM

    About Please Come Home.
    It's from the 2004 session.
    So, not a new version..
    Good climax, strong chorus and this litlle solo of..?
    Nothing, but works very well.
    Very emotional..reminds me a bit Your God is Fear mixed with Another Day..
    it's a shame that the lyrics are so bad..but anyway he sings them very powerful.

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  19. AnonymousSeptember 13, 2008 at 4:00 PM

    Thanks for posting it, Craig. I can't get in to thecure.com, it appears to be down at the moment. Poor Robert even when he tries to do something right it gets fucked up by other people (TMU).

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  20. AndrewV127September 13, 2008 at 4:02 PM

    If it's from the 2004 sessions then I suspect it will be changed a fair bit if its released on the new album.

    Looks like (or should that be sounds like) ABINK has gone through some changes since 2004 too.

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  21. AndrewV127September 13, 2008 at 4:05 PM

    Ha! Now I can't get on the Offical Site too. Something is up. Too much of a coincidence for the website to go down a few hours after his rightful outburst.

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  22. BillOdditySeptember 13, 2008 at 4:20 PM

    Please come home gives me goosebumps.

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  23. BloodflowerSeptember 13, 2008 at 4:26 PM

    Please Come Home... vinyl rip? Very interesting. This is one of three, and I know the person who leaked it has the others too. Anyone care to share?

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  24. rrudolphjrSeptember 13, 2008 at 4:28 PM

    cure mfc seems to be down

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  25. AnonymousSeptember 13, 2008 at 4:31 PM

    I can access the Hynpagogic States sample at thecure.com but nothing else...

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  26. BloodflowerSeptember 13, 2008 at 4:41 PM

    The Please Come Home leak originated over on MFC, if I'm not mistaken. Oh the coincidences....

    And a few minutes ago I could still get into the official. But no more.

    I have to wonder if Please Come Home leaking isn't a Robert thing? Maybe a sign it won't be making the new album?

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  27. rrudolphjrSeptember 13, 2008 at 4:50 PM

    i can access the whole thecure.com site with no problem

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  28. comicsnstoriesSeptember 13, 2008 at 4:58 PM

    I posted this over on the official, as a kind of plea to Robert.

    Robert,

    The Cure is not a band that benefits from being on a major label. If you signed with a smaller indie label like Merge or Matador, you would be the big band on the label and they would give you the promotion and treatment that a band with your history and track record deserve. Take a note from Sonic Youth, who just left The Mighty U for a deal with Matador, and follow a similar course. I feel that The Cure, and their fans would benefit as a whole.

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  29. birdmad2000September 13, 2008 at 5:00 PM

    i wonder if "please come home" Boy i never knew and other outtakes make it on the album if perry or roger get credit or will robert tweak it enough to where they are not credited.

    on another note thats a dick move ny Universal...at this point if i was robert i would pull a trent and tell people to steal the album (robert has plenty of money and i believe for him it isn't about the money otherwise we would all be doing the hansa)

    or pull a smashing pumpkins and release a "second album free online...

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  30. maslindoSeptember 13, 2008 at 5:01 PM

    where please come home has been linked?

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  31. Clockwise CatSeptember 13, 2008 at 5:21 PM

    comic: i fully agree. the cure need to pull out of a major labor ASAP and pursue an indie one. they are, after all, the "overlords" of the alternative scene (as one mag put it), and being with TMU taints their credibility. rsx needs to stop worrying about gargantuan popularity and realize that they will ALWAYS have a rabid fanbase and will also ALWAYS appeal to a wider audience... and yet they will NEVER pull in the thunderous masses as they once did, and there is NOTHING wrong with that, because the cure continue to make kick-ass fucking music - i don't care what ANYONE says! :-)

    get thee the fuck away from TMU, RSX!!

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  32. CarlosSeptember 13, 2008 at 5:23 PM

    maslindo- i dont think people are allowed to tell you that here on COF, but i have it and i could send you the link somewhere else if you want, but im afraid i dont know for certain that by doing that it might affect COF..

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  33. HLPSeptember 13, 2008 at 5:23 PM

    http://www.zona-musical.com/postt100476.html

    not released, not official.. then we can download :)

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  34. CarlosSeptember 13, 2008 at 5:27 PM

    oh well there you go:)

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  35. CraigSeptember 13, 2008 at 5:29 PM

    Since the song is not commercially available, it should be ok to post the links. I'm assuming it's the version from The Cure sessions, and not the new one.

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  36. sofiaSeptember 13, 2008 at 5:29 PM

    can't understand the lyrics, really, but love the music.

    desperation. it's very sexy.
    when robert does desperation anyhow.

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  37. HLPSeptember 13, 2008 at 5:39 PM

    I look out the window watching the world go round.
    I wonder where you are now. I wish you were here now.
    Waiting at the window I watch the rain come down.
    Wondering what to do now. Wishing you were here now.

    I don’t understand why you couldn’t stay.
    I don’t understand why you went away.
    I don’t understand why you wouldn’t say.
    I only know I need you now to…

    Please, come back to me.
    Please, come home.
    Please, come back to me.
    Don’t leave me here alone.
    Knocked down here on my own…

    I watch out the window whispering hopeless words.
    I won’t let you go now. I want you here now.
    Watching out the window, whisper a helpless world.
    Pulling me back now. Wanting you here now.

    I don’t understand why you couldn’t stay.
    I don’t understand why you went away.
    I don’t understand why you wouldn’t say.
    I only know I need you now to…

    Please, come back to me.
    Please, come home.
    Please, come back to me.
    Don’t leave me here alone.
    Don’t leave me on my own.
    Don’t leave me here alone.
    Knocked down here on my own…

    Still I wait at the window watching the world go round.
    I wonder where you are now.
    Please, come home…

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  38. CarlosSeptember 13, 2008 at 5:43 PM

    i tried to decipher the lyrics and mine where a bit different from rodrigo's atempt.. but i love the song! really really love it

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  39. HLPSeptember 13, 2008 at 5:44 PM

    its the version from the sessions..



    thanks to the unknown guy who uploaded it by the way..



    its a shame that they dont have keyboards now, this kind of songs really needs them at the background..

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  40. CarlosSeptember 13, 2008 at 5:45 PM

    i agree, the keyboards here are kinda hidden sometimes but they are beautiful, god im inlove with this song

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  41. CarlosSeptember 13, 2008 at 5:47 PM

    is there a version of ABINK from the The Cure Sessions?? (available)??

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  42. HLPSeptember 13, 2008 at 5:49 PM

    carlos its not my attempt, this lyrics have a long time going trhu the net, maybe since Ross Robinson talked about the existance of Please come home, A boy i never knew and strum

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  43. CraigSeptember 13, 2008 at 5:53 PM

    Yeah, I posted the lyrics on the old COF site. Should be in the Aug. 06 news archives, along with Strum and ABINK. When I posted them, RS said they were not entirely correct, so there were probably some changes made to them.

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  44. CarlosSeptember 13, 2008 at 5:54 PM

    ooh ok ok thanks for clearing that up, i tried it beacuse i never thought there would be any lyrics of it floating around.. but if theres a recording it's no surprise that the lyrics are somewhere in ciberspace

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  45. CarlosSeptember 13, 2008 at 5:55 PM

    so, theres lyrics but no recording on the net? or theres both?? :O

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  46. AnonymousSeptember 13, 2008 at 6:00 PM

    Why assume that that version of Please Come Home is from 2004? What are the grounds for assuming that?

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  47. CraigSeptember 13, 2008 at 6:01 PM

    Both. : )

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  48. CraigSeptember 13, 2008 at 6:02 PM

    Because there are 3 tracks from those sessions that have been floating around for two years now.
    Plus, there are keyboards in this version, and they are buried in the mix. A true signature of the Cure sessions! : )

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  49. CarlosSeptember 13, 2008 at 6:08 PM

    ooh so could anyone post the links to those recordings please? (strum and ABINK) if its not to much to ask:)

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  50. Mad Bob RJSSeptember 13, 2008 at 6:11 PM

    I can´t access to the news page of the official site.It´s shut down.
    This is happening from Mexico City.

    Just the front page, but the preview doesn´t download.


    I´m guessing if this failure has to do with the Robert´s complaining.Maybe U Music is trying to avoid that the people see that thy´re messing up things.

    It´s great to see that RSx is always aware of what´s happening with the distribution of hus music.

    Robert is very pissed off because th without precedents more than awful and terrible work of TMU on the promotion of the 4 singles and EP. Cheers to you Robert !!!!

    This new failure is another sign that Robert has to move out from TMU right now.

    There is no reason to stay in.

    Let´s see.

    Return to good news.

    Thanks for sharing PLEASE COME HOME.

    I knew that also there is a leak of the song "STRUM", which come from "The CURE" album sessions, i only read that it is a good poppy song, well structured.

    I never heard it.

    So, if anyone out there has it PLEASE SHARE IT WITH US......

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  51. Mad Bob RJSSeptember 13, 2008 at 6:27 PM

    Oh almost i forget it....

    Please if you can share " STRUM" and "ABINK" demos...

    Thanks a lot in advance...

    :)

    * hoping sighs *

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  52. sofiaSeptember 13, 2008 at 6:39 PM

    yeah where was i when strum was being talked about? :c
    anyone feel like sharing?

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  53. HLPSeptember 13, 2008 at 6:52 PM

    come on craig!


    give us a little present :)

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  54. AnonymousSeptember 13, 2008 at 6:59 PM

    Three tracks floating around for two years? I read COF daily and hang around three different Cure boards, and that's the first time I've heard about this.

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  55. CraigSeptember 13, 2008 at 7:02 PM

    I don't think they were ever posted online.

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  56. RandySeptember 13, 2008 at 7:08 PM

    what the hell does STRUM stand for? anything?

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  57. hellogeriSeptember 13, 2008 at 7:12 PM

    Sorry about MFC being down -- I upgraded the forum software and I'm currently re-skinning everything.

    It's very hard on the eyes at the moment and you'll have a bit of trouble finding things... but it'll be worth it when it's all done, I promise :D

    It's back up for browsing now, should be totally finished the end of the week (hopefully earlier).

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  58. Mad Bob RJSSeptember 13, 2008 at 7:15 PM

    Hey Geri, is that true that MFC has or had STRUM, ABINK & PLEASE COME HOME available for download ?

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  59. UnknownSeptember 13, 2008 at 7:16 PM

    there are other labels out there...he could start his own...if the violate their deals and their ends of the contract he can get out of whatever contract they have...

    robert, and actual artist in music, especially these days, deserves better than this shit.

    burn the U

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  60. altr2eliseSeptember 13, 2008 at 7:59 PM

    Robert and co. should rush out the Christmas album! This ould fulfil there obligation to TMU and then they can choose to deal with a sensible, more organised label - who will actually promote their talent.

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  61. hellogeriSeptember 13, 2008 at 8:11 PM

    mad bob: Not that I'm aware of... people are claiming to have demos, but they haven't been posted that I know of.

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  62. Mad Bob RJSSeptember 13, 2008 at 8:15 PM

    OK Geri, thanks for answer.

    You´re very nice.

    :)

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  63. KateSeptember 13, 2008 at 8:24 PM

    All of this is very interesting. And thecure.com is somewhat dysfunctional...

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  64. AndrewV127September 13, 2008 at 8:30 PM

    Please Come Home is a gem.

    Anyone know why it wasn't put on the album? That leaked version sounds very complete to me.

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  65. HLPSeptember 13, 2008 at 8:41 PM

    the fact, its you can think what you want about this topic.. A boy i never knew its an exelent song too, and had the same destiny that please come home..

    I really think that the best stuff from the 2004 The Cure (album) sessions wasn't part of the cd album (i mean b sides, and at least 2 of this 3 ghost songs)..

    and well its happening the same now with the singles (the perfect boy its an exception)..

    the.. why? well, who knows.. why Robert kept his best songs out?..

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  66. His HolinessSeptember 13, 2008 at 8:56 PM

    Please Come Home does still sound like a demo, but a fairly polished one. Even if this is from the 2004 sessions, the amount of buried keyboard on it isn't much more than the buried keys on the newer songs. I wouldn't be surprised to hear the new version of this song sounding quite similar to the old one. Just because the band don't use keys live anymore (apart from the backing tracks) doesn't mean there won't be some sparse keys on the album, especially if the song could be played live sans keys (as this one surely can).

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  67. AnahSeptember 13, 2008 at 9:19 PM

    I love you Robert! Start your own label! Just think of the possibilities.

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  68. AnonymousSeptember 13, 2008 at 9:43 PM

    Now that I've listened to Please Come Home a few times, I think Craig is perfectly right that it comes from the 2004 sessions. (And, out of all of us, Craig would be in the best position to know.) It sounds a lot like the 2004 material and not like the new material, or at least what we've heard of it.

    I also understand why Robert didn't release this version. The guitar tracks are fabulous, but somehow the vocal melody (vaguely reminiscent of Truth Goodness & Beauty) doesn't work on top of the guitars. The vocals are also overproduced, as compared to the raw simplicity of the guitars. I'll be really curious to hear how the version on the new album sounds.

    Meanwhile a billion thanks to whoever leaked this thing. There are clearly two further tracks, since this mp3 contains metadata stating that it is track 1 of 3.

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  69. CraigSeptember 13, 2008 at 10:12 PM

    Glue: The other 2 tracks should be Strum and A Boy I Never Knew (04 version). But I don't think they've ever been posted. At least not yet.

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  70. CraigSeptember 13, 2008 at 10:19 PM

    I posted the lyrics for these 3 songs on Aug. 10th

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  71. MarcSeptember 13, 2008 at 10:24 PM

    Just finished listening to Please Come Home. Man, it blew me away. Robert has such raw emotion in his voice. It reminds me of how it used to be before the overproduction and the second guessing.

    The guitars are also freaking awesome. They have an amazing shoegazing quality to them that I miss.

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  72. CraigSeptember 13, 2008 at 10:24 PM

    And here's what I posted back on Aug. 5th, 2006:

    And all that could have been...in so many different ways....

    "Wanted to give you some info on the 3 unreleased tracks from the cure's 2004 album. these were not featured on any version of the album or b-side releases:

    A Boy I Never Knew - AMAZING! Possibly the most honest and mature song Robert has ever written. Lonely Piano, Acoustic Guitar, Light Drums and Sparse String Section. Reminds me of a children's lullaby (which makes sense since he supposedly wrote it for the son he never had) Could be compared to "going nowhere" in tone, but the simple, yet catchy tune reminds me of something from Kiss Me. Overall the track could have easily fit on Disintegration.

    Strum - Another song that could have lived on Disintegration (as a b-side probably) although sonicly the track has more in common with Wish-era. The lyrics are very clever and literate in a way that Robert hasn't exhibited since The Top.

    Please Come Home - Another song that could have easily lived on the second side of Disintegration. The track seems a little unfinished until the lead-in to the chorus. Then it really takes off. Jason's tribal drumming, mixed with the monolith keyboards competing with Robert's vocals really brings me back to 1989. Sends chills and makes you realize the slow undistinguished build-up only sells the song more.

    And there you go. Why these tracks never made it onto the album, I have no idea. These, plus the songs available on the vinyl release (TGB, Going Nowhere, This Morning), easily put the 2004 album up there with Disintegration in my opinion. My favorite band of all time has not lost one ounce of talent or focus over the last 15 years- they've just made a few bad choices in terms of song selections for their albums. Maybe they'll follow their hearts on the next one...."

    (Thanks Anonymous)

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  73. Mad Bob RJSSeptember 13, 2008 at 10:25 PM

    Craig, have you listened the 2 left unreleased demos from "The Cure" album sessions, ABINK and Strum ?

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  74. altr2eliseSeptember 13, 2008 at 10:28 PM

    *wishes she wasn't so technically inept to find these things*

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  75. sofiaSeptember 13, 2008 at 10:34 PM

    well i agree with anonymous. strum has some pretty amazing lyrics that remind me of old cure.
    i cant believe anonymous didnt let you listen to the songs, craig!

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  76. altr2eliseSeptember 13, 2008 at 10:51 PM

    I lurve my Cure peeps. You know who you are!!!!

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  77. HLPSeptember 13, 2008 at 10:53 PM

    Anonymous Robinson?..


    maybeee?



    or maybe i heard that on a dream (lacaaaann please come help us!)

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  78. Dumb AnguishSeptember 13, 2008 at 11:20 PM

    Why on God's Green Acres did Robert Smith ever get into bed with these Universal people to begin with?

    But I do love the E-Mail he sent to Universal. Eerily similar to the "fuck you and farewell" E-Mail I sent to my boss yesterday on my last day at the old job.

    Now that was fun!! :)

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  79. Dumb AnguishSeptember 13, 2008 at 11:22 PM

    By the way...How much does that 7.99 translate to in American money? Just curious how screwed they are getting over in England.

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  80. altr2eliseSeptember 13, 2008 at 11:24 PM

    DA - about $15.

    And there is nothing more satisfying than the "fuck you and farewell" email.

    Have you started the new job?

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  81. Dumb AnguishSeptember 14, 2008 at 12:22 AM

    $15??

    Holy good night Mary Ellen Ryan and all the saints in Ireland! I understand now why Robert was so upset!

    I start the new job on 9/22. I'm taking the whole next week off. Monday has officially been designated as: "Sit in Underpants watching The Price is Right and catching up on Days of Our Lives" Day

    :)

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  82. christl d.September 14, 2008 at 12:30 AM

    LOL anguish! really glad to hear that! bravo :)

    oh robert... why did you ever sign with U?

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  83. Clockwise CatSeptember 14, 2008 at 12:30 AM

    RRobinson is not intelligent enough to have written what anonymous wrote. But I had forgotten about these songs (save ABINK) and so I am now very intrigued.

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  84. sixcentralSeptember 14, 2008 at 12:47 AM

    I think it is really sad that after so many yrs in the business this is happening to the band, treated like idiots and taking advantage of their generous decision to give proceeds to charity.

    If Robert does make this the last album, it will tinged with bitterness, lets hope he doesnt decide to rerecord it all

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  85. altr2eliseSeptember 14, 2008 at 12:50 AM

    Alastair - Let's just hope they get out another album quickly to fulfil the 3 album obligation - and then they can start making decisions without TMU's involvement.

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  86. sixcentralSeptember 14, 2008 at 2:12 AM

    the proposed chronological singles collection might be the bands kiss off to free them from the label?

    this sucks really

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  87. UnknownSeptember 14, 2008 at 2:40 AM

    Just listened to Please Come Home...simply amazing. The only think I can't figure out is why anyone would use the FHG encoder over LAME. Actually, I'm even more wondering why it wasn't leaked in wave or flac.

    Hope to hear the other 2 sooner than later. :)

    P.S. The Cure hasn't been to Minneapolis, MN since 1996. Please come back. :(

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  88. letters to eliseSeptember 14, 2008 at 4:23 AM

    go robert!! Once again he is looking out for the people who actually care about the band. Plus he is also trying to make some $$$ for the greater cause (though i cant remember what it is exactly at the momment.) They should just sign to a smaller label to get the attention they deserve. then get there own label with similar acts which would only highlight the cures presence in the ever-growing world of popmusic.
    BTW my 2 fav songs by the cure are apinkdream, and exploding boy!! which also proves the power of their b-sides.

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  89. DavideSeptember 14, 2008 at 5:05 AM

    Re: the label debate floating around. May I just say that over the last year NIN released two albums, both experimental either in style or in the way the music was made available to the public (one is still available for free), make almost as much money as before, are touring extensively - all this WITHOUT the support of any label.

    They achieved this by using the www community: set up a good website, keep the fan base involved and have a web manager that is directly involved with the band. I am a long time fan and so I may be biased but I have the feeling that NIN get a lot of benefits from this freedom: things get done the way they want, fans are more excited than ever, prices are fair - thus people buy the music even though they have the option; mind you, concert tickets are quite pricey and so is most paraphernalia ($45 for some t-shirts). But at least people have a choice to pay for what they want. In this process NIN have made a huge V sign to the fat music corporate posse ... and, oh, their website does not mysteriously go down all of a sudden ;). Perhaps this model may work well for artists like the Cure who are concerned not just about the music but also about the process through which their music goes around. Food for thought.

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  90. Web MistressSeptember 14, 2008 at 8:08 AM

    i agree with everyone who said they should make their own independent label! Freedom!

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  91. UnknownSeptember 14, 2008 at 8:34 AM

    When playing this file in WinAmp the shown album cover is of the Elvis album Tomorrow is a long time. Anyone with the same experience?

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  92. AnonymousSeptember 14, 2008 at 9:07 AM

    I think Craig probably shouldn't say whether or not he has heard the 3 songs. :-)

    I totally agree with d re NIN. What NIN is doing is the future of music distribution, and I'd love to see The Cure follow suit.

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  93. CarlosSeptember 14, 2008 at 10:42 AM

    Monkeybutt asked what does "strum" stands for, well i think it stands for the verb strumming, as in playing the guitarre:)

    i already knew about this songs, but i never knew they were up on the net until yesterday and the only one so far available is please come home, but i guess the others are too, we just need to look harder, i mean craig did say there were recordings of those songs floating around on the net..

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  94. Clockwise CatSeptember 14, 2008 at 11:42 AM

    Did I miss the link to those songs? I have scrolled up and down and can't find it... or am I supposed to troll the web myself? Please advise. Merci. :-)

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  95. ericSeptember 14, 2008 at 11:54 AM

    au moin il avertie tout le monde de pas achetée avec iTunes je trouve ca très genereux de sa par et très honnête !

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  96. MoontearSeptember 14, 2008 at 12:19 PM

    I find it funny, that the Freakshow remix devides the fanbase into two corners. There seem to be many people who like it, based on the poll and the same amount of people who hate it. I quite like it... it has a Depeche Mode kinda feeling to it.

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  97. Clockwise CatSeptember 14, 2008 at 1:01 PM

    Haven't heard the full Freakshow mix yet. The EP wasn't available on Saturday at either record store, so I have to wait until Tuesday to get it. I am so looking forward to this... pretty hilarious considering my cantankerous attitude toward it recently....

    Does anyone else enjoy re-reading RSX's e-mail? It's deliciously profane and to the point...

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  98. Mr. MandelbrotSeptember 14, 2008 at 1:15 PM

    Please come home is one of the finest Cure songs since a long time, and it can really be in the all time tops. Once again, this also proves that they (or rsx) CAN do good stuff - if they are allowed to (like in the good old Fiction days). Probably Mighty U or whatever else is controlling them thinks that Cure is just "Friday I'm in Love", and that the fans are as dumb as the song itself.

    About the MP3: I can't understand why one would choose the compressed, lossy format instead of a CD except for the portability reasons. MP3 isn't the real deal. It's just easier (and WAY cheaper) to make a master MP3 with 320kbps and offer it to the fans than to press a trillion CDs that won't be sold and will be available at P2P an hour later it's pressed.

    Can't wait to see rsx with "SLAVE" written on his forehead just like Prince did.

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  99. AndrewV127September 14, 2008 at 1:19 PM

    The offical is back up, at least for me anyway.

    Nothing has been removed so maybe last nights downtime was a coincidence....

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  100. christl d.September 14, 2008 at 1:25 PM

    please come home tears a hole in your heart...

    i am soo glad they kept ABINK, and those two of the self titled. :)
    they were meant for this album

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  101. sofiaSeptember 14, 2008 at 1:58 PM

    ahem, mandelbrot, as a prince obsessive i have to just point out that 'slave' was not scrawled on his forehead, but on the left side of his face.

    :|

    /crazy

    carry on!

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  102. Clockwise CatSeptember 14, 2008 at 6:55 PM

    i love please come home. lurve it muchly.

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  103. MonilaSeptember 14, 2008 at 7:33 PM

    I just asked this question on the official site, but I was browsing on Amazon for Hypnagogic and they have a CD/DVD - 'The Document' available for pre order on Sep. 30th. Any more info on that? Thanks!

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  104. AnonymousSeptember 14, 2008 at 9:58 PM

    Not sure if this was discussed yet, but I haven't had time to read all the postings...

    But The Cure should go completely independent and sell their own records directly off of their website. They have a large enough fan base that they should be able to sell records and the money will go directly to them instead of to a record label. Much like what Nine Inch Nails has been doing lately, it sounds like it's working better for them.

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  105. Clockwise CatSeptember 14, 2008 at 10:10 PM

    I think these are exciting times for the Cure. New album, I think, will be smashing... EP sounds surprisingly excellent... there will be another tour of sorts... and they are on the verge of telling their record company to go fuck themselves. Good things will come of this - they can start their own label, or go with a cool indie label, or... the possibilities are limitless!

    The Cure forever, yo!

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  106. HelsabotSeptember 14, 2008 at 10:21 PM

    I love Roberts vocal performance on Please Come Home. I love the abject, forlorn, supplicatory emotion in his voice, in every single note.
    ...I like how his voice and the music build slowly and carefully, creating all this tension, and then it breaks suddenly, putting you in an uncomfortable emotional vice grip. It sneaks up on you... His voice starts off calm and steady, and then it culminates with this intense quivering emotion... I liek that song!!!
    And Going Nowhere! Although it's a lot more emotionally "consistent", I love the arrangement, everything fits together perfectly. And Roberts shuddering breath at the very end reeeeally gets to me...
    Sigh, no other man on earth makes me feel like that.
    Truth Goodness And Beauty, Going Nowhere, Clouberry, Please Come Home.... oooh, I hope we get a setlist/encore with some of those on the next tour! ;_;
    I'll have a heart attack and die for sure, but it will sooooo be worth it.

    Monila-
    I've seen The Document up for pre-order at Amazon too. It looks promising, and I think quite a few people are pre-ordering it, but I'm trying to find more info on it before I purchase it... Not much luck so far. :/

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  107. ZapSeptember 14, 2008 at 10:37 PM

    the cure.

    they are good for this.

    the cure.

    butterpopsicles.

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  108. goinghometimeSeptember 15, 2008 at 12:11 AM

    Poor bob (

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  109. UnknownSeptember 15, 2008 at 12:17 AM

    i think th EP sounds pretty awful, like something you would heard played at a bad island club town like ibiza,,surprisingly jared letos; is the only one (ha see what i did there) that kept any spirit to the song...not that it was brilliant by any means and i realize they are remixes...but good remixes keep the spirit of the song whilst changing them also in my opinion. alt of people take the piss on mixed up but its a great album, (with much better remixers. such as robert himself and william orbit) what i liked about mixed up is not only are they remixes ( and some i think sound better than the original: caterpilar, pics of you, fas street, and lovesong) but its like having 2 different versions of the same song by the same artist..not a lame 90s lets dance MTV rave compilation which is hypnagogic states....

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  110. lizinminneapolisSeptember 15, 2008 at 3:56 AM

    I agree that Robert should make his own label and he probably will eventually. It's to bad for this release they just can't pull out of the deal and go to an indie label then perhaps we can get a full-on north american world tour instead of sparse dates.

    I will be waiting for the EP to be £4.00 or less...

    Regards,
    Liz in Minneapolis

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  111. ericlecuristeSeptember 15, 2008 at 4:24 AM

    4 years later, still same website look'n'feel

    WTF ??????

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  112. Clockwise CatSeptember 15, 2008 at 6:11 AM

    Helsa, once again, I have fallen in love with you. You need to write for my webzine. :-)

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  113. altr2eliseSeptember 15, 2008 at 6:34 AM

    *waves at Cat*

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  114. UnknownSeptember 15, 2008 at 12:29 PM

    RS could convince Mighty Fucking U that the EP is the second CD of their deal, thus the band would be released of their contract after 4:13 Dream.

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  115. sofiaSeptember 15, 2008 at 12:34 PM

    sterogum thinks they can call robert emo and get away with it:
    http://stereogum.com/archives/the-cures-emo-ep-released-robert-smith-gets-emo-about-it_021491.html#more

    I FUCKING DESPAIR
    AGAIN
    for the amount of traffic we give them.

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  116. CarlosSeptember 15, 2008 at 12:39 PM

    msp- Thats what i thought, but i'm pretty sure that the contract specifies -Only Studio Albums- and -No EPs- or else it would be too easy. Question: What happens if RS breaks the deal with the label before fullfiling the contract? he gets sued?? i thought i heard him say in an interview a couple years ago that those kind of contracts are not that serious, that nothing serious happens if you dont do your part of the deal nothing serious happens.. but i've always had that doubt..

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  117. HLPSeptember 15, 2008 at 12:40 PM

    stereoshit?

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  118. ZapSeptember 15, 2008 at 12:46 PM

    this. cure. samples in the basement.

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  119. MarcSeptember 15, 2008 at 12:52 PM

    Is it wrong that I'm playing Please Come Home in an infinite loop? I can't get it out of my head.

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  120. caterpillargirl2September 15, 2008 at 1:25 PM

    Marc - me too!

    I'm thinking musically it sounds a bit similar to "The Drowning Man." Is it just me? Does anyone else hear dark and old Cure sounds in that song?

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  121. christinaPSeptember 15, 2008 at 1:39 PM

    God I love that man.

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  122. Clockwise CatSeptember 15, 2008 at 1:52 PM

    CHRISX!!

    How are you?!?! How's the clean-up after Ike?!

    Watch out for Hurricane RSXXX!!

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  123. caterpillargirl2September 15, 2008 at 2:31 PM

    Earshot just called and said my copy of Hypnagogic States is there waiting for me. :)

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  124. MarcSeptember 15, 2008 at 2:48 PM

    caterpillargirl2: I think its those tribal drums. Very Pornography if you ask me!!

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  125. Mad Bob RJSSeptember 15, 2008 at 3:19 PM

    I just heard Strum and ABINK Demos.
    The other 2 unreleased songs from "The Cure" Sessions.

    Great songs. Not much more to said.

    ABINK Demo is a little slower than the live versions we know.
    I love the piano on it.
    Smith sings in a very emotional way.
    Perfect.

    Strum is hard to describe, not poppy but not hard rock.
    Something in the middle.
    A little short for me.

    Both have light keyboards, that works good for the songs.

    Which´s better ?

    For me PCH & ABINK are tied, maybe PCH a little ahead.

    STRUM is very good too, but the overall mood of the previous two is CURE finest.


    CURE IS THE BEST !!!!!!

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  126. AndrewV127September 15, 2008 at 3:53 PM

    Care to share Mad Bob? Or have links to those already been posted?

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  127. AnonymousSeptember 15, 2008 at 3:53 PM

    Can you share the newly-recovered demos? Am desperately scrambling to find the link to where I found PCH, without success - did you find them in the same place, or do you know someone on the inside?

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  128. Clockwise CatSeptember 15, 2008 at 3:56 PM

    Okay, yeah, I need these other songs please. I have Please Come Home and that's it. Help a po gal out, por favor!

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  129. sofiaSeptember 15, 2008 at 4:21 PM

    mad bob, please do share

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  130. francoisSeptember 15, 2008 at 4:28 PM

    just checked on french iTunes... the whole EP is 9.99€ here as well, when the 4 first remixes are 0.99€ each... "exploding head syndrome" is available for sale only when you buy the whole EP.
    " The Great (U) Rock'n'Roll Swindle "

    (and oh, for the morons, 1€ is approx. 1.4 US$)

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  131. RandySeptember 15, 2008 at 4:34 PM

    thanks for insulting everyone with your currency explanation. :)

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  132. Clockwise CatSeptember 15, 2008 at 4:51 PM

    well he is french, after all. insults come naturally. :-)

    (i can say this cuz my bf is french AND named francois!)

    *runs far away*

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  133. ZapSeptember 15, 2008 at 4:54 PM

    insults! french! the bore-worms.

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  134. sofiaSeptember 15, 2008 at 5:10 PM

    i was sadder when syd barrett died.



    ("sadder" is that grammatically incorrect? cat? teachers?)

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  135. Clockwise CatSeptember 15, 2008 at 5:15 PM

    sadder indeed is correct, sofia. now hold out your hands so i can slap them with a ruler; that's the penalty for being too lazy to look it up yourself.

    i am sad about rick wright.

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  136. JupiterMainSeptember 15, 2008 at 5:18 PM

    *waves at cat*

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  137. ZapSeptember 15, 2008 at 5:20 PM

    as hot date once said: "I WANNA DO IT, DO IT, I WANNA DO IT TO YOU."

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  138. HLPSeptember 15, 2008 at 5:22 PM

    i think.. its not a competition..

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  139. Clockwise CatSeptember 15, 2008 at 5:43 PM

    *waves to JM*

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  140. MarcSeptember 15, 2008 at 5:51 PM

    Mad Bob: These tracks must be set free. I'm sure, in the current "Mighty Universal" climate, RS would approve :)

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  141. RandySeptember 15, 2008 at 5:56 PM

    bob, i'm in agreement with everyone else about those tracks...push out the jive and bring in the love.

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  142. AnonymousSeptember 15, 2008 at 6:02 PM

    Set the tracks freeeeeee!!

    It will be very interesting to have two studio versions of a couple of those from different line-ups.

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  143. MarcSeptember 15, 2008 at 6:15 PM

    May want to keep an eye on Bob's blog.

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  144. altr2eliseSeptember 15, 2008 at 6:22 PM

    I think MSP000 may be onto something here. If TMU are charging 'album prices' then Hypnagogic States must BE an album - therefore, once 4:13 Dream is released The Cure will have fulfilled their 3 album obligation.

    *waves to the pixies and fairies that live in the Land of Wishful Thinking with her*

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  145. AndrewV127September 15, 2008 at 6:28 PM

    Just as an update to all UK COFers Play.com is selling the e.p at a much more reasonable £4.99.

    HMV is selling at an incredible £2.99. Roughly the same as the singles.

    *Puts on French accent* That works out at about $10 and $6 Respectively. Much better than iTunes.

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  146. AndrewV127September 15, 2008 at 6:29 PM

    *Waves back*

    I think you are onto something there Elise.

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  147. RandySeptember 15, 2008 at 6:30 PM

    please come home should have been on the self titled instead of the promise.

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  148. AndrewV127September 15, 2008 at 6:33 PM

    Please Come Home should have replaced Never. Never is one of the worst tracks on any Cure album ever IMO.

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  149. RandySeptember 15, 2008 at 6:34 PM

    andrew: or never. good call. maybe both?

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  150. MarcSeptember 15, 2008 at 6:37 PM

    The Promise never gets any respect! I love that track, especially live.

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  151. altr2eliseSeptember 15, 2008 at 6:37 PM

    *waves at Andrew*

    Isn't life grand in the Land of Wishful Thinking - where Please Come Home WAS actually in the Self Titled album (replacing Never) and 4:13 Dream is hailed by all (including critics) as the BEST.ALBUM.EVA.

    *wonders whether sleep deprivation really does affect the mind*

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  152. RandySeptember 15, 2008 at 6:38 PM

    i never heard it live, but i take cat's word for it on the power it wields. on the album, it's just an overlong, boring joke. i always smirk and get embarrassed at robert's first howl.

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  153. altr2eliseSeptember 15, 2008 at 6:42 PM

    MB - I have to say, I love the live version of The Promise - and do not dislike it as a song. For me there are worse Cure songs than The Promise.

    *washes mouth out with soap*

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  154. MarcSeptember 15, 2008 at 6:44 PM

    Promise haters watch this, then!:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFn3EtTA11Y

    I always was into proggy, guitar-wank stuff though. Your mileage may vary ;)

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  155. AndrewV127September 15, 2008 at 6:45 PM

    I like The Promise although I do understand why it grates some people up.

    It's been said a 1000 times but I think the albums flaws come from the track selection not the music.

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  156. altr2eliseSeptember 15, 2008 at 6:47 PM

    *curses her work firewalls.... again*

    Marc, thanks for the link, but I won't be able to watch this until I get home (which is at least another 10 hours away :( )

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  157. sofiaSeptember 15, 2008 at 6:52 PM

    Bob Loblaw's Law Blog?

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  158. sofiaSeptember 15, 2008 at 6:58 PM

    hiiiiiiii elise!

    and who says 'never' is the worst song ever? NUMB is the worst song ever! let's box!

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  159. RandySeptember 15, 2008 at 6:58 PM

    i heard he lobbed a law bomb...

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  160. altr2eliseSeptember 15, 2008 at 6:59 PM

    Sofia - gotta love an Arrested Development reference!

    "Yes... but where did the lighter fluid come from?"

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  161. altr2eliseSeptember 15, 2008 at 7:00 PM

    Sofia - I see your Numb and raise you a Round&Round&Round.

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  162. RandySeptember 15, 2008 at 7:01 PM

    i LIKE R&R&R

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  163. altr2eliseSeptember 15, 2008 at 7:04 PM

    MB - You like R&R&R.... really?
    It is a track that I always skip - that and Club America. And yet, there are a number of tracks from WMS that I do like - so I would never entirely bag the album.

    Again, it goes down to what Andrew said before - it all comes down to track listing selection.

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  164. RandySeptember 15, 2008 at 7:06 PM

    r&r&r actually sounds like a cure song to me...the cute little guitar/marimba/whatever solo just kills me. i've always liked it.

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  165. altr2eliseSeptember 15, 2008 at 7:07 PM

    Oh no! Now I have R&R&R running R&R&R in my head!!

    *reaches for headphones and selects Please Come Home* ahhh - that's better

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  166. CarlosSeptember 15, 2008 at 7:10 PM

    god, im dying, i need to hear those songs!! and is it really true that Richard Wright is dead?? i can't believe it!! :(

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  167. sofiaSeptember 15, 2008 at 7:17 PM

    TASTE THE HAPPY, MICHAEL!

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  168. MarcSeptember 15, 2008 at 7:18 PM

    Guess that's why the Floyd reunion tour never happened. Poor old Wrighty was very ill.

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  169. ericSeptember 15, 2008 at 7:28 PM

    for amazon canada is 3.99$ for this single.

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  170. MarcSeptember 15, 2008 at 7:28 PM

    Andrew127 said it. Who do you suppose has the final say on track listings? Robert or the record company?

    The last three albums have been lessened by poor track choices. This also coincides with the departure of Thompson and Williams.

    Now that Porl is back we might get a decent track list!

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  171. ericSeptember 15, 2008 at 7:30 PM

    et enpassant les insultes sont pas admis ici n'ais pas ??surtout pour les français

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  172. sixcentralSeptember 15, 2008 at 7:44 PM

    Ok enough debating about Hypnagogic being a rip off on itunes Robert! Just release the info about the new album....lord its due in 40 if you live outside the US and 41 if you do.....should be some info by now! Get those punters frothing at the gills for the new material!

    Universal sucks the big kumera (sweet potato) we know....now set it aside and unleash the treats!

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  173. caterpillargirl2September 15, 2008 at 7:58 PM

    Calm down Alastair. :)

    He did say once Hypnagogic States was born there would be some more news. Technically, it's birthday is tomorrow in the states. Long, painful labor if you ask me. :p

    (hopes rsx posts soon!)

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  174. MarcSeptember 15, 2008 at 7:59 PM

    Hypnagogic States wasn't born so much as it was spat out :)

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  175. AnonymousSeptember 15, 2008 at 9:45 PM

    I have to add a very strong vote for the brilliance of The Promise. It's without doubt my favorite song on The Cure. I listen to it constantly. I know every wah-wah pedal line by heart. The Promise and Lost are the two best tracks on that album, in my opinion.

    If you want to replace a song on the self-titled disk, replace (I Don't Know What's Going) On or Taking Off. Those were horrible.

    And speaking of horrible, I have to say that I can't stand Hypnagogic States. The 65DOS remix is decent. The others aren't worth a nickel. I actually deleted them. I never want to hear them again.

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  176. caterpillargirl2September 15, 2008 at 9:55 PM

    I like Taking Off.

    The Promise is a really good song, I love the intro.......but it's too long. They needed to cut it in half.

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  177. BHSeptember 15, 2008 at 10:06 PM

    The EP is now up in the US iTunes Store, with the bonus track, for $3.99.

    Robert Wins!

    http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=290475935&s=143441

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  178. caterpillargirl2September 15, 2008 at 10:10 PM

    Do you realize that when I search for "Please Come Home" in my WMP library I get "Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want" by the Smiths right after it.

    And When I search for "Without You" I get "With or Without You" by U2 right after it.

    LOL - I just thought it was ironic that two of the artists RSX despises the most come up with a simple search of new Cure songs in my library. Can't help it, I'm a child of the 80's.

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  179. caterpillargirl2September 15, 2008 at 10:12 PM

    And further.......when searching for "The Promise"

    I get two matches:

    1 from The Cure
    1 from When in Rome

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  180. hynreckandjoeSeptember 15, 2008 at 10:16 PM

    Okay, lol, I have to add to this tense intellectual discussion: The Promise is one overly long boring song, that wants to be epic, but fails admirably. So sad that it ends most THE CURE albums out there, instead of Going Nowhere.

    Never, on the other end, I do find interesting. While not a very good song in itself, it is so away from what The Cure usually does that it's like a statement in itself. Like The Cure saying: see? We can also play what everybody else plays out there. In this respect, it's a unique Cure song, and yeah, I respect it for that.

    ...yea I went there.

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  181. RosepetalsSeptember 15, 2008 at 10:41 PM

    Love, love Please Come Home. :)

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  182. RandySeptember 15, 2008 at 11:27 PM

    my brain has convinced me that the name of the band actually is 65DOS.

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  183. ericSeptember 15, 2008 at 11:33 PM

    in canada itunes the hypnagogic states is 9.99$ this is terible!!!

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  184. RandySeptember 15, 2008 at 11:46 PM

    cat: i saw them last tuesday, so blow me.

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  185. RandySeptember 15, 2008 at 11:54 PM

    i was just checking out a website dedicated to The Waltons, that old show from the 70s, and i came across a word i didn't recognize. what's a 'cunny'?

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  186. HelsabotSeptember 16, 2008 at 12:03 AM

    Oh, you two... Get a room!!

    Cat- how would one go about writing for your blog? Just submit something random? Random subject...? 8/

    Brad said...
    “The EP is now up in the US iTunes Store, with the bonus track, for $3.99.
    Robert Wins!”

    It looks as though Robert’s only able to "win" for the USA for the moment? I don’t think the price has changed at any of the other iTunes “Stores”.

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  187. HelsabotSeptember 16, 2008 at 12:05 AM

    Monkey- I like being helpful.

    cunny-
    (Adult / Slang)
    The vagina; a euphemism for cunt.
    Etymology: British coinage of the 17 th century derived from: a) a diminutive of cunt, b) the Latin cunnus , the external female geitals, c) from coney / cony, once a common name for a rabbit. See vagina for synonyms.

    Quote: Thomas D'Urfey, Wit and Mirth (1719): ' All my delight is a cunny in the night / When she turns up her silver hair.'

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  188. christl d.September 16, 2008 at 12:05 AM

    CG - you always make me LOL.

    mmm i say mogwai and 65dos collab, the latter is a fan of the former.

    monkeybutt - o.O
    they invented something called the dictionary, i think you can find it in there.

    goodnight johhny boy!

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  189. christl d.September 16, 2008 at 12:07 AM

    helsabot - odd story that i just remembered as you wrote that. it was in the 7th grade, and i read that word in a magazine and so I asked my 7th grade science teacher what it meant - and that was pretty much her definition. well the basic gist of it.

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  190. BHSeptember 16, 2008 at 12:12 AM

    Robert has posted the 4:13 tracklisting at thecure.com:

    4:13 DREAM WILL LOOK SOMETHING LIKE THIS...
    9/15/2008 9:18:09 PM - by CURE:ROBERT

    AND WILL SOUND SOMETHING LIKE THIS...

    01 UNDERNEATH THE STARS
    02 THE ONLY ONE
    03 THE REASONS WHY
    04 FREAKSHOW
    05 SIRENSONG
    06 THE REAL SNOW WHITE
    07 THE HUNGRY GHOST
    08 SWITCH
    09 THE PERFECT BOY
    10 THIS. HERE AND NOW. WITH YOU
    11 SLEEP WHEN I’M DEAD
    12 THE SCREAM
    13 IT’S OVER

    IT WILL BE THE SAME EVERYWHERE
    (AAAAAH... JUST LIKE THE OLD DAYS?!!)
    AND WILL BE AVAILABLE ON CD, VINYL AND ONLINE...

    MORE EXCITING NEWS ABOUT STUFF AND STUFF IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS...

    RSX
    PS
    TAKING BETS NOW AGAINST 'DARK ALBUM' COMPANION PIECE OUT BEFORE MY BIRTHDAY 2009... HA!

    OR NOT SO HA...

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  191. RandySeptember 16, 2008 at 12:15 AM

    well thank god there's not a song called 'lusting here in your mind' because i've always hated that title.

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  192. RandySeptember 16, 2008 at 12:16 AM

    also: no please come home or ABINK. gonna be some bummed out mofos.

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  193. altr2eliseSeptember 16, 2008 at 12:38 AM

    Brad - thanks for the heads up on the Official Site update.

    Now I am VERY excited.

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  194. altr2eliseSeptember 16, 2008 at 12:40 AM

    Alastair - wow - you asked for it, and Robert provided - how cool is that!!!!!!

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  195. Clockwise CatSeptember 16, 2008 at 6:09 AM

    blow monkey: weren't mogwai fucking great, though?! especially toward the end with all that headbanging deliciousness...

    i feel sick, though. why do i always drink too much wine at concerts and nowhere else?

    helsabot: e-mail me: fleurdumal666@gmail.com. you are so smart!

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  196. Clockwise CatSeptember 16, 2008 at 6:10 AM

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  197. MarcSeptember 16, 2008 at 6:30 PM

    If PCH or ABINK are not released in some capacity i.e. The Dark Album (TDA!) it will once and forever prove that Robert Smith smokes copious amounts of crack. These songs have the capacity to blow mofos away.

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  198. MarcSeptember 17, 2008 at 10:06 AM

    Looks like Rolling Stone has got hold of the rant:

    http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2008/09/16/the-cures-robert-smith-slams-record-label-itunes-for-ep-price/

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  199. AnonymousSeptember 17, 2008 at 12:13 PM

    haha awesome. it's about time some of these greedy companies that over price things get caught in the act! I'm glad that Robert has publicly voiced his opinion!

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  200. cure_kittySeptember 25, 2008 at 12:30 PM

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